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    copied!<p>i am trying to get my application to be allowed through firewall, as I have to do ftp in active and passive mode is not an option as servers are not configured for that. so i tried the below code which compiles fine, I exexcute it using:</p> <pre><code> MyApp.Classes.INetFwMgr mgr = new MyApp.Classes.INetFwMgr(); mgr.AuthorizeApplication(Application.ProductName, Application.StartupPath, NET_FW_SCOPE_.NET_FW_SCOPE_ALL, NET_FW_IP_VERSION_.NET_FW_IP_VERSION_ANY); </code></pre> <p>And the class which does the job:</p> <pre><code>private const string CLSID_FIREWALL_MANAGER = "{304CE942-6E39-40D8-943A-B913C40C9CD4}"; private static NetFwTypeLib.INetFwMgr GetFirewallManager() { Type objectType = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID( new Guid(CLSID_FIREWALL_MANAGER)); return Activator.CreateInstance(objectType) as NetFwTypeLib.INetFwMgr; } private const string PROGID_AUTHORIZED_APPLICATION = "HNetCfg.FwAuthorizedApplication"; public bool AuthorizeApplication(string title, string applicationPath, NET_FW_SCOPE_ scope, NET_FW_IP_VERSION_ ipVersion) { // Create the type from prog id Type type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID(PROGID_AUTHORIZED_APPLICATION); INetFwAuthorizedApplication auth = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as INetFwAuthorizedApplication; auth.Name = title; auth.ProcessImageFileName = applicationPath; //Getting Access Denied Exception Here auth.Scope = scope; auth.IpVersion = ipVersion; auth.Enabled = true; NetFwTypeLib.INetFwMgr manager = GetFirewallManager(); try { manager.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.AuthorizedApplications.Add(auth); } catch (Exception ex) { return false; } return true; } </code></pre> <p>using above code, but i get <code>Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))</code> c# exception on line</p> <pre><code>auth.ProcessImageFileName = applicationPath; </code></pre> <p>any ideas what to do ?</p> <p><code>Edit1:</code> How would i run this as an admin using code?</p> <p><code>Edit2:</code> I also tried <code>Putting &lt;requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" /&gt; in manifest did not make a difference</code></p> <p>P.S.This programs execution context can be Win 7, vista, xp</p>
 

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